Distress signal received vicinity 54-54.9N 026-54.7W at 272142Z sep
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1761/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-11-15 17:49Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC FALMOUTH 272230Z SEP 06.. Issued 2006-09-27 21:55Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 54.915, -26.912. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2006-09-27 21:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FALMOUTH 272230Z SEP 06.
- issued by
- MRCC FALMOUTH
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 54.915, -26.912
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED VICINITY 54-54.9N 026-54.7W AT 272142Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO UKMRCC.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
24 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Distress signal received from vessel in 53-49.90N 024-21.30W at 060853Z nov2023-11-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 54-54.10N 024-06.10W at 230828Z jun2023-06-27
- Distress signal received in 53-29.27N 025-32.51W2023-03-06
- Distress signal received in 57-19.60N 024-35.30W2022-11-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 56-30.00N 023-00.00W at 041619Z nov2022-11-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V pequod in 53-23.00N 029-30.00W at 141852Z2022-10-15
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:22Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.